The Edenton News of July 20, 1927, identified Lord Byron Perry as general contractor for the large, 4-story brick hotel, which was one of the largest buildings in town. It stands on a site occupied by inns and hotels since the 1750s, convenient to the courthouse and the main commercial street. See Thomas R. Butchko, Edenton, an Architectural Portrait: The Historic Architecture of Edenton, North Carolina (1992).